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Post by auntym on Jan 16, 2013 13:20:11 GMT -6
www.openminds.tv/mars-one-announces-required-qualifications-for-future-mars-colonists-895/ Mars One announces qualifications for future Mars colonists[/color] Jason McClellan 08 Jan, 2013 On Tuesday, January 8, Mars One announced base requirements for its upcoming Astronaut Selection Program. Mars One, a private, non-profit space company made headlines in June 2012 when the company announced its mission to “establish a human settlement on Mars through the integration of existing, readily available technologies from industry leaders world-wide.” Although other companies have plans to colonize the red planet, Mars One is the only one so far with plans to finance its objective by making the entire process an interactive reality show. The global audience will reportedly have the opportunity to be involved in the Mars One mission from the very beginning by participating in selecting the colonists. Announcing the astronaut qualifications, the company explains: Unique to all other space exploration endeavors before it, Mars One is opening the astronaut program to anyone on planet Earth that meets the base criteria. It is not necessary to have military training nor experience in flying aircraft nor even a science degree. It is most important that each applicant be intelligent, in good mental and physical health, and be willing to dedicate eight years to training and learning before making the journey to his or her new home on Mars. Mars One lists “Five Key Characteristics of an Astronaut” in the requirements, and they are: Resiliency, Adaptability, Curiosity, Ability to Trust, and Creativity/Resourcefulness. Applicants ages eighteen and older from any country are welcome to apply when the company starts the selection process, which will reportedly begin sometime within the first half of 2013. Interestingly, the company states it is “not seeking specific skill sets such as medical doctors, pilots or geologists.” That is because candidates will receive a minimum of eight years of training by Mars One. The company plainly states, “All skills required on Mars will be learned while in training.” If you are interested in applying to be a Mars One colonist, watch the company’s website for announcements regarding the Astronaut Application Program. But keep in mind, the selected astronauts are going on a one-way trip, and will become permanent residents of Mars. Mars One introduction film (updated version) MarsOneProjectMarsOneProject Published on Jun 6, 2012 This movie shows how Mars One plans to establish a human settlement on Mars in 2023. Click on the red button [=] in the bottom to change the subtitles. For more information visit www.mars-one.com
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Jan 21, 2013 11:04:45 GMT -6
Post by swamprat on Jan 21, 2013 11:04:45 GMT -6
NASA's older Mars rover notches another milestone By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer Jan 21, 2013 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive. Some 5,000 miles away from the limelight surrounding Curiosity's every move, Opportunity this week quietly embarks on its tenth year of exploration - a sweet milestone since it was only tasked to work for three months. "Opportunity is still going. Go figure," said mission deputy principal investigator Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis. True, it's not as snazzy as Curiosity, the most high-tech interplanetary rover ever designed. It awed the world with its landing near the Martian equator five months ago. After so many years crater-hopping, Opportunity is showing its age: It has an arthritic joint in its robotic arm and it drives mostly backward due to a balky front wheel - more annoyances than show-stoppers. For the past several months, it has been parked on a clay-rich hill along the western rim of Endeavour Crater that's unlike any scenery it encountered before. It plans to wrap up at its current spot in the next several months and then drive south where the terrain looks even riper for discoveries. Long before Curiosity became everybody's favorite rover, Opportunity was the darling. The six-wheel, solar-powered rover parachuted to Eagle Crater in Mars' southern hemisphere on Jan. 24, 2004. hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_MARS_ROVER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-21-03-32-25
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Jan 24, 2013 13:16:02 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jan 24, 2013 13:16:02 GMT -6
www.space.com/19398-mars-one-martian-lansdorp-founder-interview.html?cid=dlvr.it Colonizing Mars: Q&A with Mars One Chief Bas Lansdorp[/color] by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Date: 23 January 2013 Mars One wants to land four astronauts on the Red Planet in 2023, and it's come up with a creative way to fund this ambitious undertaking. The Netherlands-based nonprofit plans to stage a global reality-TV event that follows the colonization effort from astronaut selection through the settlers' first years on the Red Planet. Mars One thinks revenues from broadcasting rights and sponsorships will cover most of the one-way mission's estimated $6 billion cost. The cameras will be turned on soon. Mars One released its basic astronaut requirements earlier this month — you must be at least 18 years old, intelligent, in good mental and physical health and committed to the project — and the televised astronaut-selection process will kick off later this year, officials say. SPACE.com recently caught up via email with Mars One co-founder and general director Bas Lansdorp. Lansdorp talked about Mars One's business model, the major challenges facing the project and its long-term goals, which include landing new crews on the Red Planet every two years after the first pioneers touch down. [Mars One: 'Big Brother' on Mars? (Video)] www.space.com/16303-reality-tv-show-on-mars-to-follow-settlers-video.html SPACE.com: How did you come up with the idea to fund a Mars colonization effort by staging a global media event?Bas Lansdorp: It was triggered when I saw the revenue figures of the International Olympic Committee. When my co-founder Arno Wielders and I saw these numbers, we contacted Paul Römer, a well known Dutch media expert, and discussed the media value of putting humans on Mars. After that we talked to many different experts in the field, all of whom are convinced the media value is far greater than the cost associated with our mission to Mars. WATCH VIDEO & CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/19398-mars-one-martian-lansdorp-founder-interview.html?cid=dlvr.it
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Feb 23, 2013 17:44:49 GMT -6
Post by swamprat on Feb 23, 2013 17:44:49 GMT -6
Mars rover drills, sees planet's true colorsBy Elizabeth Landau, CNN February 20th, 2013 Mars may have a lot of orangey dust flying around, but now that a rover has retrieved a sample by drilling a rock there, scientists believe the Red Planet may have another color beneath the surface. The two-ton Mars rover Curiosity, which has been exploring Gale Crater since its miraculous landing on August 6, has become the first robot to drill into a rock to collect a sample on Mars, scientists reported Wednesday. Chemical analyses are still to come, but for now the big news is that the material from the drill appears to be gray. "We’re sort of seeing a new coloration for Mars here, and it’s an exciting one to us," said Joel Hurowitz, sampling system scientist for Curiosity at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Confirmation came in Wednesday that the sample from the drill made it into Curiosity's scoop, said Scott McCloskey, rover planner and drill systems engineer for Curiosity. Images straight from Mars show the rover's drill was able to acquire about a tablespoon of powder as it was boring down into the rock. The depth of the drill hole is 6.4 centimeters (2.5 inches). "You can probably bet that when things turn orange, it’s because there’s a rusting process of some kind going on that oxidizes the iron in the rock," Hurowitz said. The gray color may mean the rock the rover drilled did not go through this process, Hurowitz said. That may be good news for looking for evidence of past life, because chemistry involving oxidation destroys organic compounds, said John Grotzinger, principal investigator for the rover mission. But, although organics are associated with life, there are also nonlife organics, and organics aren't always preserved over time. "Right now we’re on the pathway to hopefully characterizing this place as a habitable environment," Grotzinger said. The rocks are sort of a "time capsule" because they are potentially ancient objects that contain a record of the environment in which they were formed, said Hurowitz. Getting underneath these materials, which may have been affected by the planet's surface environment, is "a really fantastic capability that the Curiosity drill gives us." "We were well centered in a large plate of bedrock where we knew we could place the drill into a stable location on an interesting rock," Hurowitz said. The drill did not specifically target the veins or nodular features apparent in this kind of bedrock but it's "hard to imagine" that they would have been missed entirely, he said. Scientists need to see results from a chemical analysis of the sample to understand it better, but one theory is that this rock could have once been underwater, Hurowitz said. lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/20/mars-rover-drills-sees-planets-true-colors/?hpt=hp_c2
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Feb 23, 2013 18:38:34 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Feb 23, 2013 18:38:34 GMT -6
I noticed while looking at all of the photos of the drilling process that all of the rock appeared to be gray. That means that the red planet isn't really red. Something is just causing the very outer surface to become red which raises some interesting questions.
Whatever it is that is causing the red coloration must be a fairly recent process because otherwise the red would extend down into the different layers of rock. Either that or the rock was created a very long time ago and has seen very little weathering or erosion since then but even still the red coloration would have to be recent.
I wonder if the entire planet is that same color or just that one particular place? If all of Mars really is gray than at one time it would have looked like a larger version of our Moon.
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Feb 24, 2013 13:42:49 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 13:42:49 GMT -6
The above article talks briefly about oxidation. And non-life organisms.
Wow. ;D
Neat article, swampy!
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Feb 24, 2013 19:55:38 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Feb 24, 2013 19:55:38 GMT -6
Oxidation is normally what causes sand and rocks to turn red. It happens because the oxygen in the atmosphere causes the iron in the soil to rust and turn a brownish-red color. Iron is usually deposited by sea water and according to Nasa the area the rover is in did used to be underwater. What is interesting to me is that only a very small layer of the rock right at the surface is red while the rest underneath it is gray, yet somehow the entire planet is red. I doubt the entire planet was covered with water and iron deposits so why is everything red?
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Feb 24, 2013 20:05:57 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 20:05:57 GMT -6
Oxidation is normally what causes sand and rocks to turn red. It happens because the oxygen in the atmosphere causes the iron in the soil to rust and turn a brownish-red color. Iron is usually deposited by sea water and according to Nasa the area the rover is in did used to be underwater. What is interesting to me is that only a very small layer of the rock right at the surface is red while the rest underneath it is gray, yet somehow the entire planet is red. I doubt the entire planet was covered with water and iron deposits so why is everything red? There is a lot of sand storms on Mars. Huge dust devils too. That's the explanation I read about it's color.
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Feb 24, 2013 20:16:10 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Feb 24, 2013 20:16:10 GMT -6
That's what I was thinking also. The wind could have just blown a fine layer of red dust all over everything. Sounds like something that could happen.
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Feb 24, 2013 21:32:49 GMT -6
Post by lois on Feb 24, 2013 21:32:49 GMT -6
That is very interesting. Sounds the color of some clay's we have here on earth. Has the rover ever made it to the mountain or the side hills of the crater? It keeps nagging at me for some reason..
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Feb 25, 2013 13:28:37 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Feb 25, 2013 13:28:37 GMT -6
www.space.com/19928-mars-habitable-life-possible.html Mars May Be Habitable Today, Scientists Say[/color] Rod Pyle, SPACE.com Contributor Date: 25 February 2013 LOS ANGELES — While Mars was likely a more hospitable place in its wetter, warmer past, the Red Planet may still be capable of supporting microbial life today, some scientists say. Ongoing research in Mars-like places such as Antarctica and Chile's Atacama Desert shows that microbes can eke out a living in extremely cold and dry environments, several researchers stressed at "The Present-Day Habitability of Mars" conference held here at the University of California Los Angeles this month. And not all parts of the Red Planet's surface may be arid currently — at least not all the time. Evidence is building that liquid water might flow seasonally at some Martian sites, potentially providing a haven for life as we know it. "We certainly can't rule out the possibility that it's habitable today," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, principal investigator for the HiRise camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. [The Search for Life on Mars: A Photo Timeline] www.space.com/16877-mars-life-search-photo-timeline.htmlCONTINUE READING: www.space.com/19928-mars-habitable-life-possible.html
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Feb 28, 2013 14:42:51 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Feb 28, 2013 14:42:51 GMT -6
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/02/27/tito-mars/1951001/Honeymoon to Mars? Multimillionaire makes proposalDan Vergano, USA TODAY 9:53a.m. EST February 28, 2013 A "Mission for America" plan proposed by millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito would ship two astronauts to Mars and back in 501 days, starting in 2018. Mars visitors would ideally be a married couple "The beauty of this mission is in its simplicity," Tito said Mission would cost about $128 millionWASHINGTON — Mars or bust. Multimillionaire space tourist Dennis Tito announced details of his plans to finance a round-trip visit to the Red Planet by two spacefarers at a press briefing Wednesday. The "Mission for America" plan is to ship two astronauts to Mars and back in 501 days, starting Jan. 5, 2018, under the auspices of Tito's Inspiration Mars Foundation. Tito, 73, was the first space tourist, visiting the International Space Station aboard a Russian rocket in 2001, at a reported cost of $20 million. "We have not sent people beyond the orbit of the moon in 40 years," Tito said, at the briefing. "I don't want to wait any longer. We need to do something innovative and exciting." That something would be a "free return" Mars mission where the initial rocket firing from Earth would carry two astronauts on a 227-day trip to Mars, coming within 70 miles of the nighttime side of the Red Planet. At that point, the planet's gravity would send them back "like a boomerang," Tito said, on a 274-day return trajectory for Earth, without firing any rockets. "The beauty of this mission is in its simplicity," he said. The Mars visitors (Tito wants a married U.S. couple) would travel to the Red Planet in an inflated habitat module with about 300 square feet of room. The plan draws heavily from the Biosphere 2 experiment of the early 1990s, where a group of volunteers endured two contentious years in a sealed environment in Oracle, Ariz., to explain how space travelers would endure a year and a half in space. "They will need to be very even-keeled," said mission adviser Jane Poynter of Paragon Space Development in Tucson, Ariz., a former Biosphere 2 team member. The screening process aims to find a volunteer couple within a year. SEE VIDEO & CONTINUE READING: www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/02/27/tito-mars/1951001/
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Mar 1, 2013 13:49:14 GMT -6
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Mar 6, 2013 15:10:03 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Mar 6, 2013 15:10:03 GMT -6
www.universetoday.com/100526/update-on-the-comet-that-might-hit-mars/#.UTdPmVw8XkA.twitter Update on the Comet that Might Hit Mars[/color] by Nancy Atkinson March 5, 2013 Published on Mar 5, 2013Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) near Mars SpaceObsSpaceObs Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) near Mars, during extremely close approach to 58,000 km. Based on comet's orbit calculated by Leonid Elenin and visualized by SpaceEngine software (http://en.spaceengine.org). The latest trajectory of comet 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) generated by the Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory indicates the comet will pass within 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) of Mars and there is a strong possibility that it might pass much closer. The NEO Program Office’s current estimate based on observations through March 1, 2013, has it passing about 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) from the Red Planet’s surface. That distance is about two-and-a-half times that of the orbit of outermost moon, Deimos. Previous estimates put it on a possible collision course with Mars. This video, above, is based on comet’s orbit calculated by Leonid Elenin, which has it is coming within 58,000 km, and visualized by SpaceEngine software. The trajectory for comet Siding Spring is being refined as more observations are made. Rob McNaught discovered this comet on Jan. 3, 2013, at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, and looking back at archival observations has unearthed more images of the comet, extending the observation interval back to Oct. 4, 2012. Further refinement to its orbit is expected as more observational data is obtained. “At present, Mars lies within the range of possible paths for the comet and the possibility of an impact cannot be excluded,” said an update today from JPL. “However, since the impact probability is currently less than one in 600, future observations are expected to provide data that will completely rule out a Mars impact.” CONTINUE READING: www.universetoday.com/100526/update-on-the-comet-that-might-hit-mars/#ixzz2MnP6ETIT
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Mar 18, 2013 13:34:24 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Mar 18, 2013 13:34:24 GMT -6
now.msn.com/mars-one-human-colony-by-bas-lansdorp-gets-thousands-of-applicants#scpshrtu 8,000 people are so sick of the rest of us, they'd rather live on Mars[/color] March 18, 2013 If you thought a one-way ticket to Mars to live in interconnected pods on a waterless planet with arctic temps, nonbreathable atmosphere and deadly radiation would sound crazy to anyone, think again. Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp says 8,000 people have applied to be part of his Mars One spaceflight project to develop a human colony on the red planet. Once accepted, participants would agree to effectively abandon their lives on earth, joining an eight-year training program to learn intergalactic colonizing skills before leaving on a seven-month journey to their new home. Some have called the project, which will be broadcast as a "Big Brother" style event, a hoax meant to exploit human gullibility while others have simply called it a "pipe dream." Lansdorp has dismissed all criticism. [Source] www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/2-free-tickets-to-mars-one-way-only.20523800now.msn.com/mars-one-human-colony-by-bas-lansdorp-gets-thousands-of-applicants#scpshrtu
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Mar 19, 2013 10:41:16 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Mar 19, 2013 10:41:16 GMT -6
Hmm...Those 8000 Martian colonists are going to need somebody to lead them. Without leadership the colony would be overrun by anarchy and chaos. It would be a disaster! Then the first Martian colony would fail. In order to prevent that from happening I vote that we send all the politicians in Washington up there so they can form the first Martian government. Just imagine...if Obama went up there he could finally fulfill his dream of ruling the world...and I could fulfill my dream of getting rid of him. ;D This is a good idea.
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Mar 19, 2013 11:01:02 GMT -6
Post by spotless38 on Mar 19, 2013 11:01:02 GMT -6
If Obama goes up there he will and any politicians will be attacked by the Martians critters and killed . There is life up there and peaceful . They do not want any governmental or military people destroying their planet .
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Mar 19, 2013 11:22:18 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2013 11:22:18 GMT -6
If they're peacefull...killing won't be an option. Brain lobotomy's maybe..which overall..would kind of be a mercy killing ;D
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Mar 19, 2013 12:13:06 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Mar 19, 2013 12:13:06 GMT -6
Hmm...Those 8000 Martian colonists are going to need somebody to lead them. Without leadership the colony would be overrun by anarchy and chaos. It would be a disaster! Then the first Martian colony would fail. In order to prevent that from happening I vote that we send all the politicians in Washington up there so they can form the first Martian government. Just imagine...if Obama went up there he could finally fulfill his dream of ruling the world...and I could fulfill my dream of getting rid of him. ;D This is a good idea. i believe they will only select 2 and they prefer a married couple so they can start colonizing... LOL
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Mar 19, 2013 12:17:27 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Mar 19, 2013 12:17:27 GMT -6
Two people who are politicians and who are married to each other being forced to live together? Already sounds like a recipe for disaster.
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Mar 19, 2013 14:58:08 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2013 14:58:08 GMT -6
Talk about a limited gene pool..it would be 'hillbilly' heaven.
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Mar 19, 2013 17:13:50 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2013 17:13:50 GMT -6
and wait! Are we talking a same-sex marriage??
(couldn't resist ;D ;D ;D)
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Mar 25, 2013 23:01:18 GMT -6
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Mar 26, 2013 12:37:48 GMT -6
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Mar 30, 2013 10:16:42 GMT -6
Post by swamprat on Mar 30, 2013 10:16:42 GMT -6
Mars vs. Comet in 2014: Scientists Prepare for Red Planet Sky Showby Leonard David, SPACE.com Date: 29 March 2013 A close encounter between Mars and Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) in 2014 is creating both opportunity and anxiety in scientific circles. Scientists are in the early stages of assembling a comet-watching campaign that uses a spacecraft currently orbiting the Red Planet, as well as rovers on the Martian surface. Scientists are also investigating what techniques could be used to prevent cometary debris from hitting Mars-orbiting spacecraft as the comet and planet converge. The Mars-bound comet was discovered by Rob McNaught on Jan. 3 at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. Scientists estimate that this comet arrived from our solar system’s distant Oort cloud and has been on a more than 1-million-year journey. The comet could contain volatile gases that short-period comets often lack due to their frequent returns to the sun’s neighborhood. Scientists expect the comet’s closest approach to Mars to occur on Oct. 19, 2014, at about 11:45 a.m. PDT (18:45 GTM). At that time, the comet will be on the sunward side of Mars. The comet and its tail should be a stunning sight in the predawn Martian sky just before the closest approach, as well as in the post-dusk sky just after the closest approach. Will the comet hit Mars?The close encounter will give scientists the opportunity to make observations, said Richard Zurek, chief scientist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Mars Program Office and project scientist for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). "Given the present uncertainties of the comet's path and size, it is difficult to do any detailed planning now, but that will change by the end of the year, with continued observations of the comet," Zurek told SPACE.com. New observations of Siding Spring have allowed NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Office at the JPL to refine the comet’s orbit. The latest orbital plot places the comet’s closest approach to Mars a little farther out than previously estimated — at about 73,000 miles (117,000 kilometers) from the surface of the Red Planet. Therefore, the chance that the comet will hit Mars has diminished to about 1 in 8,000, JPL NEO experts said. Future observations of the comet are expected to refine the orbit predictions further. NASA's Curiosity and Opportunity are located near Mars' equator, so their best views of the comet from the Martian surface may come when the comet is visible during the predawn hours, low over the southeast horizon. www.space.com/20443-mars-comet-2014-flyby-science.html
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Mar 30, 2013 11:16:53 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Mar 30, 2013 11:16:53 GMT -6
That is still a close approach by a comet, even if it is going by Mars instead of the Earth. I would say this is further evidence that NEOs and asteroids are on the increase. There is a lot of activity going on out there.
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Mar 30, 2013 12:06:14 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2013 12:06:14 GMT -6
Maybe planet x will occupy everyone before world war 3 breaks out with Korea and heaven only knows who else?
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Apr 5, 2013 10:54:24 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Apr 5, 2013 10:54:24 GMT -6
news.discovery.com/space/shaping-a-new-earth-130404.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 Shaping a New Earth on Mars[/color] by Markus Hammonds Apr 3, 2013 VIEW RELATED GALLERY: news.discovery.com/space/shaping-a-new-earth-130404.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1As you read this, you’re one of nearly 7 billion human beings on this planet. And that number is likely to increase massively. In fact, if the population of Earth continues to increase at its current rate, there will be over 10 billion people in the world by the year 2050. As we start to run out of space on Earth, there’s one particularly audacious possible solution. What if we could shape another planet into a second Earth? PHOTOS: A ‘Lifeless’ Red Mars as Seen by Curiosity: news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/photos-mars-rover-curiosity-mahli-camera-120910.htmTerraforming is the hypothetical process through which we could engineer the surface of an entire planet to make it habitable for our own planet’s life to thrive. We’ve certainly proven that we can influence and alter the environment of a whole planet, even though in the case of Earth the results weren’t exactly beneficial. Or desirable. The difficult part is, given a blank canvas, we aren’t entirely sure how to even begin. In science fiction, the concept of terraforming is quite widespread; it features prominently in cult titles like Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, and Star Trek. Don’t let that make you think the idea is pure fiction though. Many scientists and engineers have given serious thought to the puzzle of how to terraform a planet, and NASA has even hosted meetings and debates on the topic. As you might expect, the whole operation is far from straightforward. Terraforming literally means “Earth shapingâ€, and in order to shape a barren, hostile planet into a new Earth, we’d need a few key ingredients. Specifically, it would need to have an atmosphere with the correct pressure, oxygen and carbon dioxide in that atmosphere for respiration and photosynthesis to take place. It would also need the right range of temperatures that would allow for, the pièce de résistance, liquid water. On a small scale, these things are fairly easy to accomplish. On the surface of an entire planet? Not so much. CONTINUE READING: news.discovery.com/space/shaping-a-new-earth-130404.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1
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Apr 16, 2013 12:14:59 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Apr 16, 2013 12:14:59 GMT -6
www.openminds.tv/search-for-first-mars-colonists-to-begin-in-july-977/ Search for first Mars colonists to begin in July[/color] Posted by: Jason McClellan April 16, 2013 Artist’s rendition of human settlements on Mars. (Credit: Mars One) Mars One announced that it will begin searching for its first Mars colonists in July 2013. The company plans to establish the first colony on Mars in 2023. Mars One will televise a two-year search for the initial four astronauts. According to Space.com, Mars One “will begin accepting application videos in July, charging a fee to weed out folks who aren’t serious about their candidacy.” The maximum fee will reportedly be $25, but will vary by country. Mars One co-founder and chief executive officer Bas Lansdorp told Space.com that he expects “a million applications with 1-minute videos, and hopefully some of those videos will go viral.” The company reports that, although applications are not being accepted yet, 10,000 people have already expressed interest in becoming a Mars One astronaut. The number of astronaut candidates will be narrowed to twenty-four by July 2015. These individuals will be grouped into six teams of four people. These teams will then go through seven years of training. And once Mars One selects the final candidates, a global audience will select the four astronauts who will go to Mars. The entire process from astronaut selection to colonization will be televised as an interplanetary reality show. The company hopes that television revenues will help fund the $6 billion required to send the first four colonists to Mars. Anyone at least eighteen years of age from any country is invited to submit a video to Mars One explaining why he or she would make a good Mars colonist. But applicants should keep in mind that this is a one-way mission. The colonists are moving to Mars permanently. WATCH VIDEO: www.openminds.tv/search-for-first-mars-colonists-to-begin-in-july-977/[/color] MORE INFO: www.space.com/19398-mars-one-mart....tml?cid=dlvr.it
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Apr 17, 2013 11:29:45 GMT -6
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